... computational fluid dynamics diffusion flow instability machine bearings viscosity microscale hydrostatic gas bearings whirl instability low Reynolds number unsteady flow One of the challenges for high-power-density microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices is the stable high-speed...

... (stoppers) shear turbulence confined flow liquid films hydrostatics lubricants flow simulation lubrication rotational flow flow instability The study of turbulence in lubricant films was of great interest in the 60s and 70s because of the increase in operating requirements of bearings...

.... Paper No. 2000-TRIB-28. Associate Editor: J. Fre^ne. 15 February 2000 30 June 2000 machine bearings graphite mechanical contact tribology lubrication flow instability surface topography rough surfaces viscosity Aerostatic porous bearing have been applied successfully...

... hydrodynamics fluid dynamics Navier-Stokes equations viscosity surface waves (fluid) flow instability boundary layers laminar flow machine bearings The basic assumptions in the classical hydrodynamic theory include negligible fluid inertia forces in comparison to the viscous forces. Pinkus...